The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-15
DURING THE WEEK,
The Weeks Synopsis of General
and Local News
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CUNDENSED FOR OUR WEEKLY FRIENDS
tuesday, November S.-A fire in Temple Tex,
destroyed seven business houses, causing loss of
Sooooo :. A large fire at Watertown, N. Y, de-
stroyed property to the amount of $780, 000,..A sta
uonary boiler exploded near Knoxville, Ga,
instantly killing Mr.. Forrest Matthews and two
negro men.....,Mr. G. w. Olson, a guard at the
augusta and Chattanooga railroad camp, had his
iet arm blown from his shoulder by the accidental
oscharge of his gun. Fire was discovered in the
once OF the Chattanooga Commercial, and burned
tna papers entire outfit, necesstatng the purchase
OF new material entirely before it can be issued
agan....The body of a man named Robert Cook
was found in the Ocmulgee river, at Macon. No
clew as to the cause of his death could be found
anu the coroner's jury rendered verdict that de-
ceased came to his death from causes unknown to
That body.....Mr. Hugh Taylor of Augusta, was
thrown from buggy attached to a runaway horse
ana was so severely injured that it is thought he
cannot recover.
IN THE CITY-The prohibition detectives booked
1our eases against four wnerooms for violating the
prohibition law~.".Three white men were arrested
ana gwen cells in the city prison for assaulting
negro man on Newton street. The negro was quite
seuousy cut in the back and side.
Wednesday, November 9.-Thero is trouble
between the whites and blacks in Slddy, Tenn.
growing out of the trouble between white man and
negro, in which the former suffered at the hands
OF the latter. Both sides are arming and the whites
say they will have the negro or kill every negro in
Tennessee...A tunnel caved in on the Western
North Carolina railroad near Swannanoa, blocking
travel Tor several days.....A man i'll Chattanooga
was shot and probably fatally injured by the acct
dental discharge of a gun in the hands of VIII
Wylle....The Texas and Pacific railroad was sold in
MARSHALL Tex, for Sl0,0000 600, the purchaser being
General J. Wistar, who represented the purchasing
commttee......T There were three deaths and four
new cases of yellow fever at Tampa Yesterday.
Augusta has determined to have an exposition next
fall that promises to eclipse the great Piedmont
exposition recently held in Atlanta. An enthus-
lastic meeting held looking to an organization,
and $4,000 was subscribed in few minutes to the
big terprise."Albany, Ca, has received thirty
thousand bales of cotton up to date, large increase
over any previous year.
IN THE CITY-Yesterday the governor rendered
his decision in the convict lease cases. Peniten-
tiaries Nos. 2 and 3 were fined So 500 each, and
gwen until February to pay the same Governor
Gordon gave The evidence in the cases the closest
scrutiny and there is doubt that the verdict is
justified by the facts.
Thursday, November 1O.--Hutchins & Hunt
wholesale milliners, of Cincinnati with liabilities
ofSSO00, have failed. freight trains collided
on the Western and Atlantic road near Dalton,
causing considerable damage to cars and blocking
..A
Pearson was shot and instantly killed by J. 4.
Beagly near Nashville, Ga, the cause growing out
Fan old family feud.... President Cleveland issued
proclamation ratifying the treaty between the
United States and the Sandwich Islands and setting
forth its teIms..A dastardly attempt was made to
wreck passenger train near Hammond Ind, by
opening switch on the Midland Central side track.
way freight dashed into the cars on the side
track, oyerturning the engine and wrecking fifteen
or twenty cars, causing loss of fifteen thousand
dollars Had the crowded passenger train been 03
time the loss of life would have been appalling.
IN THE CITY-A fine Jersey COW was stolen from
the lot Of Mr.. Ballew, loo CORTLAND avenue ....
Bessie Andrews sixteen.year-old negro girl, shot
and seriously injured herself while careessly hand
ling pistol at her home Luckie street,. At
lanta, and Selma, Ala, are to be connected by an
airline road in the near future. Tho question is
now being agiated, and the citizens of both cities
are taking lively interest in the matter. Yellow
stone Kit, Iatent medicine man, gave q concert
for the benefit of the Confederate Veterans associa
ton, and netted $3.50 for that organization.
Friday, November 11.-Five new cases and
two deaths are reported from Tampa, from yellow
fever. The grand jury, of the middle Alabama
Federal court, failed to find single Indictment.
It Is announced that Mr. Lamar will be nominated
to the supreme judgeship, and that Mr. Villas will
succeed him Two trains came together ON the
Southwestern railro near Macon, instantly killing
drummer named William Clay, and fatally injur
ing Thomas Tompkins and Frank Albion. The
cause of the accident was misapprehensiCn on the
part of the engineers on the two trains I. Mr.
Thaddeus Lane, an inmate of the lunatc asylum
suicided by cutting his throat from to ear. Dr.
R. Wellington, of Thomasyille while out on lake
Waukeenan fishing, was attacked by vertigo and
fell from his boat and drowned before he could
be rescued.
IN THE CITY.-Henry Robinson, an old negro
welldig9er, was blown from the bottom of a forty
foot well, while fixing to make blast. The fuse
ignited before he could get out Of tho we'll and he
was blown clear out and banded fifty feet away
Upon examination It was found that his arm was
blown off, and part of his face also. He was
taken TO his )me in an unconscious condition, and
the physician pronounced his case as hopeless.
Saturday, November 12..-A negro desperado
near Kingston, Ca, met the sixteen yearold son of
Judge John C. Branson, who was horseback, in a
lonely spot in the road and demanded his Money
and horse or his life. Instead of acceding to the
negros demands, Mr.. BrgnS1n whipped out a pocket
knife and almost severed the hand that held the
bride reins. Putting spurs to his horse, the young
man was soon out of reach Of the william who, no
doubt, would have taken his life, but for his true
grit....A large cotton warehouse was burned in
Memphis. The loss on the cotton Is estimated at
$4,000. Mr. Ed Walters, conductor on the Belt
railroad in Birmingham, met horrible death by
fall ne off the front of an engine The engine and
one car passed over him, MASKING him out of all
human share. Dave Perkins, colored, was instant
ly killed by Section Boss Ed Trylor, near Chapel
Center, Ala. Perkins attacked Taylor with shovel
and received the contents of both barrels of Taylor
gun, which resulted in his death as stated . One
hundred hands are thrown ont Of work in Sayan-
nah, owing to the shutting down for repairs Of tho
Artwright cotton factory. The repairing will con.
sumo two months time and the hands VIII exper.
fence much suffering.
In THE CfTY.--A. W. Hightower, of stockbrldge,
Ga, shot twice at a negro hotel porter, on Lloyd
street. Both men were arrested IA negro named
Barney Morris fell from one Of the columns OF Il @
artesian WE'LL and received injuties ofqute serious
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